Closet-tank casing.



No. 824,853. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906 E. G. FBEBAGK.

CLOSET TANK CASING. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.8.1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onrron.

EDWIN Gr. FEEBAOK, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE M. O. LILLEY & COMPANY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CLOSET-TANK CASING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

wood. This method necessitates thorough steaming of the wood and bending over forms under enormous pressure, a very d1fl1- cult procedure not always productive of sat-- isfactory results. There are many objections to this form of easing, prominent amon which are the expense involved, the liability of the wood splitting, the time consumed in the drying-out process, and the comparatively short life of the finished casing, which, it will be understood, is due to the general source of dampness prevailing about the closet. The action of moisture on bentwood casin s sooner or later causes the same to warp, split, and lose their shape.

It is therefore the object of the invention to overcome to a certain possible degree these objections by producing a casing having separate front and ends connected by curved sawed corner-pieces and covered by a thin sheet of veneering. A casing constructed in this manner 1s much stronger, more inexpensively and expeditiously produced, and less imperviousto moisture, as the several parts of wood when placed in position will have their grains runnin in different directions, and a substantially aminated structure provided.

WVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the novel details of construction and operation, a preferable embodiment of which is described in the speciiication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved tank-casing. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the same, taken on the line a; as of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken on the line y y of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the front board of the casing, and 2 the end boards. Corner-posts 3 connect the front and end boards. The corner osts are curved and are sawed from thick pieces, thus obviating all bending. Any suitable means may be employed for securing the corner posts and ends and front together. However, it has been found that a good moistureproof glue will produce satisfactory results. After the corner-posts, end boards, and front board have been assembled a thin sheet of veneering is placed over their outer faces and securelyglued thereto, thus binding the parts in a homogeneous mass and roducing a casing whose front and end wa ls are formed of several pieces, the grain of the same runnin in different directions. The rear verticai edges of the end boards 2 are preferably recessed, as at 5, so as to receive the back board 6. A bottom 7 is provided on the casing and may be extended at the front and ends to lend to the ornamental appearance of the casing. It is to be noted that besides the advantages possessed by this casing heretofore mentioned a reat saving in material may be had by making the front and end boards 1 and 2 of a less expensive wood than the sheet of veneering 4. It will be obvious that the same general effect and external appearance will be had as if all the parts were made of hard wood, such as it is customary to use in making the veneering.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A closet-tank casing having its front and ends formed of separate pieces of wood and connected by corner-posts, and a sheet of veneering covering the outer faces of the said parts.

2. A closet-tank casing having its front, and ends formed of separate pieces of wood and connected by curved corner-posts sawed from solid blocks of wood, and a sheet of veneering covering the outer faces of the said parts.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN G. FEEBAOK.

Witnesses:

THEODORE LINDENBERG, 3' M. B. SoHLEY. 

